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ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES BY
STORES WENT UP BY 44 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 31 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THE CORRESPONDING INCREASES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS WERE 39 PER CENT AND 27 PER CENT. SUPERMARKETS SALES ROSE BY 16 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 5 PER CENT I SALES VOLUME.
IN MIND THAT FACTORS, TOTAL IN BOTH VALUE CENT IN BOTH
WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1988, AND BEARING THIS COMPARISON IS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL RETAIL SALES FOR OCTOBER 1988 INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT AND VOLUME. SALES OF FUELS RECORDED INCREASES OF 4 PER VALUE AND VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO HAD A NEGLIGIBLE CHANGE IN SALES VALUE AND AN INCREASE OF 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY 3 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES
1 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
ROSE BY
RECORDED
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASES OF 21 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 19 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE BY 6 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME, AND SALES BY SUPERMARKETS DECREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
THE ACCOMPANYING TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR SEPTEMBER 1988 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR OCTOBER 1988.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1988 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (D) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1984 то SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.
COMPARISONS OF OCTOBER 1988 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR SEPTEMBER 1988 AND WITH THOSE FOR OCTOBER 1987 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE OCTOBER 1988 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $1 PER COPY.
AND
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BY DIRECTED ΤΟ THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-8234941).
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